that the hs50 may have a lot going for it but overall image quality is not one.

I wait the ‘aha’ moment when Fuji starts to incorporate higher IQ into this genre of camera.

So would an XS-1 give appreciably better image quality than the HS50, given that "test" samples from the XS-1's near-relative the X-E1 seem so exceptionally good (or is that because the XE-1 sensor is a later development)?

in certain situations the XS1 gives great results and in others so-so...appreciably????? lets just say better within it's range